Almost a record snowfall

Edmontonians cope with snow

Ben Burnstad, age 8 (left) and Cleo Burnstad, age 9 (right) use their shovels to start clearning a path to make a fort to play in near 128 Street and 109 Avenue in Edmonton, AB on January 9, 20101. (LAURA PEDERSEN/EDMONTON SUN)

Ryan Fodchuk, left, takes a shot on Jennifer Bettley during a street hockey game in the Commonwealth Stadium parking lot in Edmonton on Sunday, January 9, 2011. (CODIE MCLACHLAN/EDMONTON SUN)

Peter Yuzyk, left, scores on Jennifer Bettley during a street hockey game in the Commonwealth Stadium parking lot in Edmonton on Sunday, January 9, 2011. (CODIE MCLACHLAN/EDMONTON SUN)

Brice Johnson takes a shot on Kelly Dmetruk during a street hockey game in the Commonwealth Stadium parking lot in Edmonton on Sunday, January 9, 2011. (CODIE MCLACHLAN/EDMONTON SUN)

Jennifer Bettley defends the net during a street hockey game in the Commonwealth Stadium parking lot in Edmonton on Sunday, January 9, 2011. (CODIE MCLACHLAN/EDMONTON SUN)

Ken Swartz shovels his car out of a pile of snow after this weekend's heavy snowfall near 111 Avenue and 131 Street in Edmonton, AB on January 9, 2011. (LAURA PEDERSEN/EDMONTON SUN)

Taylor Lundie, 6 yrs, focusses hard on trying to get the maple syrup off of a popsicle stick as a part of the festivities at the Deep Freeze Winter Festival on 118 Ave between 90 and 95 Street in Edmonton, AB on January 9, 2011. (LAURA PEDERSEN/EDMONTON SUN)

A windchill that made the -16 temperature feel like -26, didn't seem to faze Daniel Boersma as he wears shorts while clearing snow off a car near 87 Street and 130 A Avenue, Jan. 9, 2011. (DAVID BLOOM/EDMONTON SUN)

Daniel Boersma wears shorts while clearing snow off a car near 87 Street and 130 A Avenue. (DAVID BLOOM/EDMONTON SUN)

The weekend snowstorm that began on Friday afternoon and ended Sunday morning brought up to 28 cm of snow in some parts of the city while the Edmonton International Airport recorded 18.5 cm, according to Environment Canada Meteorologist Dave Wray.

And even though Environment Canada's snowfall warning has been lifted, the region isn't out of the clear just yet.

Wray said another two to four centimetres was expected to fall off and on Sunday, along with another two centimetres Monday.

The good news, said Wray, is that the flurries won't amount to much accumulation.

"It won't be the big, fluffy stuff. It will be light, ice-crystal type of snow," said Wray. "It'll appear like things aren't improving that much, but in terms of actual accumulation, we're not expecting a lot."

Wray said the snowfall on Friday came within 1.3 cm of the record set in 1982.

Now that the snow has tapered off, Edmontonians should brace for the deep freeze, with temperatures expected to plunge Tuesday to highs between -21 C and -25 C for several days.

With the cold, could come another three to five centimetres of snow on Thursday, added Wray.

"It looks like the clouds are going to stick around for a while," said Wray. "Temperature wise it's pretty normal."